BRITAIN’S democracy has been “totally corrupted” by millionaires driving the political agenda of the country, warned author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

The author and Remainer said that, although she agrees with calls for a ‘people’s vote’ on the final Brexit deal, she does not agree with that millionaires should be “driving our democracy” in Britain.

Ms Alibhai-Brown told Sky News: “I’m not at all happy about these millionaires driving our democracy.

“Although I’m on his side, our democracy has been totally corrupted by the influence of various millionaires who choose which way the country should be going.

“So, yes, I’m sure some people would be very happy to receive the money because I am on the side where I think we should have a three question decision made by the population on what kind of deal they want, or no deal at all, or stay in the EU. You know that.

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“But I really don’t think it’s a good idea for millionaires to start throwing their money around.”

The latest of Britain’s wealthiest to express support for a secondBrextvote is Julian Dunkerton, co-founder of clothing brand Superdry.

Mr Dunkerton said he would be donating £1 million to the People’s Vote campaign, with the money going towards one of the biggest polling operations the UK has ever seen.

Mr Dunkerton founded Cult Clothing in 1985, opening its first store under the Superdry name in London in 2004.

In an article for The Sunday Times online, Mr Dunkerton, 53, who stepped down as the company’s CEO three years ago but remains its largest shareholder, said if Brexit had happened 20 years earlier “Superdry would never have become the global success that it is”.

He wrote: “Until Brexit raised its head, people were looking enviously at our country. The whole of Europe was saying it wanted to learn from us. Now we’re close to throwing away this amazing opportunity.

“I’m putting some of my money behind the People’s Vote campaign because I know we have a genuine chance to turn this around.

“It’s becoming clear there is no vision for Brexit and the politicians have made a mess of it.

“Increasingly, the public knows that Brexit is going to be a disaster.”

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson also expressed his outrage at Brexit in July when he claimed the British people were “misled” in the 2016 vote and would “change their minds” if Britain had a second referendum.

The business mogul said he thinks Britain will be “much poorer” after Brexit and will leave the European Union “sadder” without one of its largest net contributors.

Speaking on Bloomberg, Sir Richard said: “I think Brexit is the saddest thing that’s happened to Europe and I think it’s the saddest thing that’s happened to Great Britain.

“It’s certainly affecting pretty much every business in the UK adversely, which means it’s affecting every individual in Britain.

“And I think that Britain will be a much poorer and a sadder country as a result. And I think Europe will be sadder without Britain.”